Real Madrid jumped to quarter final in Champions League

Spanish giant Real Madrid jumped to quarter final in UCL this season. Real Madrid vs PSG Champions League 2-1. They finally beat Paris Saint Germain in 2nd leg and secured their place in last eight. However, earlier at Santiago Bernabeu Real defeated the Ligue 1 top flight PSG by 3 – 1 goals. PSG hoped to beat them at Parc Des Princes. But, the result went opposite. Once again, back to back defending champion Real Madrid beat them at their home venue and secured their place in quarter final.

Real Madrid is also the current la Liga champion but in the ongoing season they already missed Copa Del Rey and the La Liga is going to miss as well. They are in 3rd position considering La Liga point table and the point difference with the top team Barcelona are 15. So, it seems that they would not win La Liga this season. But in UEFA Champions League, they are in their previous form and showed very impressive performance. As a result, they are on the way to their 3rd UCL title though, it is still long way to go.

In the last match, PSG could not stop Cristiano Ronaldo and also they failed to calculate the account. They faced defeat once again. Paris Saint Germain is in top position on Ligue 1 point table but Real beat them in both legs and secured their place in quarter final.

In the second leg of last Tuesday night, at the home venue of PSG, the back to back champions won by 2 – 1 goals. In last month at Santiago Bernabeu, they won by 3 – 1 goals and so, finally considering both two legs Real won by 5 – 2 goals aggregation and qualified for the next level.

At the beginning of the match, Real played disorderly. PSG took the chance and started to make attack to the opponent goal post but their attacks were sharpless. In 18th minutes of the game, Real got the first chance, From the right side Lucas made a cross to Ramos where Ramos made a strong shot. With amazing skill the stopper of PSG stooped the shot. In 38th minutes Karim Benzema got the goalkeeper alone but failed to use the chance.

Marco Verratti during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid, on March 6, 2018 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.

First half finished with 0 – 0 goals. In the 50th minutes of the 2nd half, the head of Ronaldo was missed. But a minutes later, he gained the success. Lucas Vazquez made a cross again and by the head, the Portuguese forward found the net. So, Real almost secured their place in the next round by then. In the Champions League, it was his 117th goal. In 66th minutes, PSG was shocked once again where Verratti left the ground by seeing red card.

In 71st minutes, PSG returned the match by scoring a goal. But in 80th minutes, Brazilian Casemiro finished all the debates. He scored a goal and so, Real jumped to the quarter final by winning the match. PSG consecutive twice times ruled out from the quarter final of Champions League.